Stirling is one of the smaller Weston Creek suburbs and one of the more straightforward to work in. Most of the housing dates from the early 1970s, sits on a flat or gently sloping block, and has the sort of plain window openings that make a repair quick once the fault has been identified. The faults themselves are thoroughly Canberran.
We cover all of Stirling in the 2611 postcode, across to the Waramanga, Rivett and Fisher boundaries. Weston, Holder and Chapman sit on the same Weston Creek route.
The housing here went up in a narrow band of years, so the retrofitted shutters on it are of similar age and condition. What we find is usually wear rather than damage.
A closed shutter changes how a window behaves overnight. It slows heat loss through the glass, which is why so many Weston Creek households use them all winter, but it also leaves the moisture in the room one less cold surface to settle on. If you are getting heavy condensation inside a window with the shutter down, the seal is probably letting cold air in at the bottom or along the sides. That is a repair rather than something you have to put up with, and it is worth sorting early in the season.
